Improvement in bale-ties



B. HEMPSTEAD.

, BALE-TIE. No. 186,560. Patented Jan. 23,1877.

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BEALL HEMPSTEAD, OF PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS.

IMPROVEMENT IN BALE-TIES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 186,560, dated January23, 1877'; application filed October 26, 1876.

. require.

My improvement consists in constructing an open rectangular frame with ahook upon one of its bars, which hook is extended laterally to thebale-band, as hereinafter more fully described.

Figures 1 and 2 are respectively a plan and longitudinal section of thetie applied to a baleband; and Figs. 3 and 4: are plan and end views ofthe tie detached.

.In the drawing, A represents the open rectangular frame, upon themiddle portion and under side of one of thebars of which is constructeda shoulder, B, formed solid and homogeneous with the frame and of thesame piece of metal. Ehis shoulder is made of a hooked shape, with thehook end portion extended laterally to the bale-band, and with anoblique base. Around one side of the rectangular frame A is bent one endof the bale-band 0, while the other end of the baleband 0 is slotted toreceive the hooked shoulder.

In inserting and adjusting the tie the frame is tilted to one side tointroduce the hooked portion of the shoulder, after which the tension ofthe halo draws the rectangular frame fiat and parallel, and brings thehooked shoulder into such a position as to prevent its accidentaldisplacement.

The points aimed at in the improvement.

are, first, strength of the tie; second, hand economy andbale-compression; third, ease and permanency of adjustment.

away in any of its parts, it is readily removat ble, and a new one maybe substituted, while in other ties this is not so easily accomplished,

those employing a riveted button requiring an abandonment of the bandfor the time being.

. In the matter of bale-compression, the formation of the shoulder issuch in my tie that I am enabled to reach the minimum dimension for theband-slots, and the maximum in their number, and thus giving thegreatest possible compression.

Third, ease and permanency of adjustment-The shoulder is so placed as tobe readily seen, and thus easily adjusted, and, when adjusted, the lowerportion of the shoulder is oblique with the slot, and requires nocloseness of fit to bring this about, and as this oblique positionconstitutes the permanence of the fastening, the slots may be madesufficiently large to let the shoulder through .without resistance.

In the permanence of fastening, there is no force within the bale itselfthat can possibly give the tie the necessary twist to throw it from itshold, the lower base of the shoulder being always oblique with thespring of the cotton-bale, whereas should it be in-the same straightline it possibly could be sprung from its place.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is The bale-tie,composed of the open rectangular frame A, and shoulder B, having a hookextended laterally to the band, and formed of one and the same piece ofmetal, substantially as and for the purpose described.

BEALL HEMPSTEAD.

Witnesses:

O. T. WALKER, SAM. B. ADAMS-

